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Those of you that have AmTrak'd cross-country (East-West/West-East), how was your experience? (lemmy.world)

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Did you enjoy it? Was it worth it? How were you able to pull it off?

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[-] stembolts@programming.dev 59 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I Amtrak'd from North Carolina to Michigan via DC. Took 24 hours. To compare, to drive was about 10 hours. I went into it knowing it was likely going to be a bad experience, but I had things to read and I was curious.

I'd do it again, but I'd arrange for a sleeper cabin and plan stops along the way. 24 hours on a train sitting upright was too much.

Meanwhile in Japan I took a train from Tokyo to Kyoto, 6 hours drive, less than 2 hours by train. So comfortable, so much space, and so convenient. I could easily nap in their upright seats, extremely comfortable, climate controlled, flying through beautiful rural regions full of mountains and trees.

Until the US stops treating humans worse than freight, you are going to need a high tolerance for bullshit to make a cross-country trip by train.

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